Dr. Ram, Thank you for your participation and comments. I am 50 years, very fit and slim, exercising 5 or more days a week (racquetball, power walking, light weights). I've been thinking of purchasing an inversion table for a couple of years now and since reading your thoughts on the possible benef...

Ram, interestingly my mom, who's between a 3/4 and 4/4, did yoga for decades, even her favorite, the plough into her late 80s. Now at 97, she has weekly massages as she can't get off the floor easily. So this practice is consistent with increasing CSF and lymphatic drainage.Time to get start on a p...

Dr. Ram, So a routine of daily abhyanga (self-massage), yoga including inversion & Surya Namaskara, pranyama (Nadi Shodhana, Ujjayi), and meditation would be appropriate, I gather. Ama (white coating) on the tongue would indicate gut biome out of whack and bad digestion? [/color] Either you are...

Dr Ram, thank you for your thoughtful and comprehensive answer. Have you any thoughts on the influence of the gut biome on AD? There are lot of interesting reports (not very comprehensive though) on the gut bacteria and its influence on the brain in general. People may have gone as far as suggestin...

Juliegee, There is no research let alone pilot studies to confirm my claim about inversions helping reverse cognitive decline. I did submit a protocol for a small pilot study to NIH which got turned down. In general people showing memory decline have reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF). We do not know...